Question

The floor of a storage unit is 7 feet long and 6 feet wide. What is the distance between two opposite corners of the floor? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

$\text{Find the distance from one corner to the other}\\\\\text{In this question, we would use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length}\\\text{between corners}\\\\\text{Pythagorean theorem:}\\\\a^2+b^2=c^2\\\\\text{We are trying to find c}\\\\\text{Plug in and solve:}\\\\7^2+6^2=c^2\\\\49+36=c^2\\\\85=c^2\\\\\text{Square root}\\\\\sqrt{85}=\sqrt{c^2}\\\\\sqrt{85}=c\\\\\text{In decimal form, it's: 9.219544}\\\\\text{Round to the nearest tenths place}\\\\\boxed{9.2\,\, feet}$